Taman Gajah Mada is an outdoor recreation landscape located on Jalan Gajah Mada Medan, North Sumatra. Residents around Medan use this landscape to carry out sports activities. Usually, Taman Gajah Mada is visited by visitors in the morning and evening. Visitors who come in the morning usually come to just exercise. Meanwhile, visitors who come in the afternoon typically sit around enjoying the afternoon atmosphere in this beautiful and clean garden. This study was qualitative, and the ethnography method was applied to collect and analyze the data. The analysis also deliberated the unity of multidiscipline landscape architects and landscape anthropology to explain the use of outdoor recreation in Taman Gajah Mada. This literature becomes a reference for research on the concept of public open space at Taman Gajah Mada to maintain cultural originality in the use of roars in the landscape. This study indicates three public open spaces, namely the buffer zone, transition zone, andcore zone. These three public open spaces can be grouped into two based on their function and purpose: general and special public open spaces. The general public open spaces such as transition zoneand core zonecan be utilized and used by the entire community, while special ones such as the Buffer Zone are buffer areas.

Taman Burung Cemara Asri as an open space has structuring and managing the landscape used the principles of sustainable in the implementation. The objective of this study was to describe the implementation of open space toward living harmony at Taman Burung Cemara Asri in Medan, North Sumatra. This research used qualitative research with a phenomenological research approach. The data were the landscape of Taman Burung Cemara Asri that consist of hard material and soft material. The description of this study showed that Taman Burung Cemara Asri as a concept of open space has several functions, including ecological functions, social functions, aesthetic functions, and economic functions. The ecological function is shown through the concept of good reforestation and a suitable microclimate. The social function of open space development can be seen from the pattern of activities presented, namely as a means of exercise, play, and recreation. The aesthetic function is shown through a landscape that looks beautiful, natural, has its charm, and is acceptable to residents and visitors. The economic function can be seen through the existence of open space used by the community to improve the community’s economy with the presence of vendors around the Taman Burung Cemara Asri.

This study describes the relationship between food security and the role of the local leader in motivating his community to maintain their typical plants as the sources of their main food. This qualitative study used ethnography to describe humans’ role in making their life and environment harmonious, especially food security. From the recording and the interview result, it is known that the role of the chief as the informal leader has more opportunity and power to listen. It is known that in the past, the role of the local chief succeeded in influencing and convincing his community to consume rice as the main food and affected the community to grow rice even though their environment was not supported enough. The ‘rice standardization’ as a welfare area is not appropriate to be settled in all places in Indonesia. Formerly, Simeuluenese already knew and consumed other main food except for rice, namely sago and taeb, as their main food. However, the policy changed their mind to consuming rice as their main food instead of sago. Consequently, the local chief’s role is essential to campaign again to convince his community of food security toward sustainable goals based on local wisdom.